Marcellus
moved
to
town to educate his older children. The various woods in the house were
selected by Dr. Renwick from his place in Newberry County.
The front
hall and the beautiful circular staircase were of walnut. The parlor
and dining room were of oak. Dr. and Mrs. Renwick's room was of
pine. Mary
Melissa's room on the left upstairs was in maple. A
room in the attic was fixed up as a dark room for Hugh who enjoyed
photography as a hobby.
The house was torn down in 1928 to make
way for the new Newberry High School.

Two of Marcellus and
Mary's children

Mary Melissa
(Mamie) Renwick Hugh
Toland Renwick

When Marcellus was studying in
Paris in 1868, he wrote a letter to his sister,
Satilla. I feel like we know very little of Satilla and after
reading this letter, it
gave me some idea of her. She was 15 years old
at the time. Here are parts of that letter.....I feel proud to see that you are so lively. I think you
will
have to sell yourself to some circus man and act as a clown for them. I
would like to see you now,
if you are so corpulent as Mother
says. I do not know what we will do with you if you still
continue growing. I will expect to find you larger than myself when
I
get home. You must quit living so high and save it for me as I will be
tired of frogs by that time. What has become of your beau, or
have you anyone now?
I expect the next thing I hear will be that
you are married to some little upstart before long. If you say so
I will bring a little ducklegged Frenchman home for you. You must
select a nice girl for me as I expect to get married when I get home
(that is if anyone will have me).....